Welcome to the Showco Alumni Directory
I’m proud to honor the incredible people who built Showco’s legacy—on the road, behind the scenes, and in every unforgettable moment. This page is dedicated to celebrating the engineers, techs, crew, and friends who made it all possible.
If you’re a Showco alumnus, I invite you to add your name and story to our growing community. Your memories and contributions help preserve Showco’s history for future generations.
Right now, I have a temporary alumni directory link that lists everyone (with dates worked, etc.) while I build out a more complete, photo-friendly directory here on the site—profiles with photos, bios, and stories.
Thank you for your patience—this new directory is being built by hand, and I’m uploading entries in batches as quickly as I can. At the moment, only A–D (first names) are posted, but more are on the way.
If you haven’t submitted yet, please send your info (and profile photo(s)) so I can feature you below and help keep the Showco spirit alive!
Submit your info below
Meet the Family Behind the Music
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Alan Lee
1972-1975
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Andy Mackrill
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Andy Moore
Tour Crew
1972-1975
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Alan Owen
Lighting
1973-1996
James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Genesis, and more.
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Angus Wynne III
1965-1970
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Anita Bailor
Office: Accounting
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Beau Carle
Tour Crew: Audio
1977-1979
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Ben Gray
1990-2005
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Becky Bornhorst
Office: Manufacturing
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Benji LeFevre
Tour Crew: FOH Engineer
1976-1991
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Bill "Doc" Gans
Tour Crew: Sound & Operations
1973-1982
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Bill Larmour
1982-1991
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Bill Leggat
Tour Crew: Trucking
1978
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Bill 'Wild Bill' Martin
1976-1983
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Bill Sheppell
1987-1989
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Bill Thompson
Tour Crew: Roadie; Sound
1972-1977 / 1980-1982
ZZ Top, Grand Funk Railroad, Joe Cocker/Leon, Guess Who, Willie Nelson, Bread, T Rex, James Taylor, Led Zeppelin, War, The Kinks, Linda Ronstadt, Eric Clapton, BOA
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Billie L. Osburn (Dusty)
Tour Crew: Roadie, Sound
1989-1991
ZZ Top, Grand Funk Railroad, Joe Cocker/Leon, Guess Who, Willie Nelson, Bread, T Rex, James Taylor, Led Zeppelin, War, The Kinks, Linda Ronstadt, Eric Clapton, BOA
Notable Colleagues: ML; Andy Moore; Lester; Clay Powers; Richard Bratcher; Bones; Cowboy; Chicken; Tyndall Bros.
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Billy King
1978
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Blake Dewberry
Tour Crew: Monitors, FOH
1979–1986
Worked with Showco 1979–1986. Later: Crossroads (1986–1994); Freeman (1994–1996); AVMG (1996–2014); Freeman (2014–2020). Still in the industry part-time at the Dallas Cowboys Corporate Space; studio work with Redbeard.
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Bob Barnes
1979-1984
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Bob Brown
Tour Crew: Lighting
1979–1986
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Bob Davis
Tour Crew: Woodshop
1978–1980
Worked in the woodshop alongside Hans, Tommy Turner, and Dick Lindberg, under Fuzzy.
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Bob Dungan
1975-1977
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Bob Henry
1996-2000
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Bob Hickey
Tour Crew: FOH Sound Mixer; System Engineer; Crew Chief; Audio & Recording Engineer
1978-1980
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Bobby Ray
1970-1973
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Braxton Lord
Tour Crew: Driver
1978-1980
Willie Nelson; The Who (Cincinnati 1979); Genesis; KC and the Sunshine Band
“Great gig—wish I had not left”. -Braxton
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Brendan Quigley
Vari-Lite: Tech (Lighting)
1988 -1990
Van Halen (OU812)
Notable Colleagues: Arthur Smith; Zeb Cochran; Warren Flynn
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Brent Brito
Tour Crew: Touring
1980-1990
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Brian Haas
1991-1995
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Bruce Jones
Tour Crew: FOH Sound Engineer; Systems Engineer
1982-1994
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Bruce Thatcher
Operations
1985-1995
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Buddy 'Budrock' Prewitt
Tour Crew: Lighting; Lighting Engineer
1975-1980
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Buford Jones
Tour Crew: FOH
1971-1979
Leran More
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Camilla Whitwright
1971-1978
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CF Bernil
Tour Crew: Monitor Mix; Sound Systems Engineer
1984-1990
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Production Secretary/Alumni Organizer
1972-1976 / 1980-1998
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Charles Pass
Tour Crew: Driver/Trucking
1976-1978
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Chester "Roy Boy" Snyder
Tour Crew: Monitors; FOH Engineer
1975-1983
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Chris 'Wevans' Wade-Evans
Tour Crew: Client Sound Engineer/Monitor Engineer
1986-1995
Yoko Ono 1986 Monitor Engineer
George Michael Faith Tour 1988 Monitor Engineer
Mick Jagger Australia Tour 1988 Monitor Engineer
Rolling Stones Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle 1989-1990 Monitor Engineer
George Michael 1991 Cover to Cover Tour 1991 Monitor Engineer
Keith Richards 1992 Monitor Engineer
Prince 1992-1993 Monitor Engineer
Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 1994-1995 -
Chris Babiak
Monitors
1982-1987
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Chris Branton
1977-1980
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Christi Key (Lawing)
1994-2005
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Christie Axford Allen
Tour Crew: Lighting
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Chuck Conrad
Tour Crew: Electronics; R&D; Sound Engineer
1970
One of Showco's earliest employees (part-time late 1970; full-time 1971). Worked out of Jack Maxson's home/garage era; helped diagnose system gain-structure issues and contributed to early console innovation (the Showco Yellow Mixer). Spent time on the road and later served as R&D manager; later co-founded Crossroads Audio. Later founded/grew radio stations and helped establish the Texas Broadcast Museum (Kilgore), which includes Showco-related exhibits.
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Claire Caron
1982-1985
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Claudia Snowden
1969-1972
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Clay Powers
1981-1996
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Craig (Chief) Schertz
Tour Crew: Sound Engineer
1974-1989
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Craig Satterfield
Tour Crew: Lighting
1972-1975
One of the original three lighting crew when Showco first started providing lighting. A friend of Jack Maxson who joined early on; toured and did lighting for many groups. Also a photographer and took many show photos.
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Curtis Campbell
1981-1990
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Dan Koniar
1984-1994
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David Alley
Tour Crew: Vice President (Showco); Executive VP International Ops (Vari-Lite); Tour Manager; Production Accountant; Personal Manager
1970-1974/1982-1998
Also worked as tour manager, production accountant, and personal manager; David Alley Photography, CPP.
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Dave Barnett
1972-1977
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David Clay
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David G. Dorr
Contractor (Rigger)
1978-1982
Genesis 1978 Then There Were Three Rigger. Star Wars 1978 Rigger. David Bowie Serious Moonlight 1983 Rigger. Prince. Purple Rain 1984 Rigger
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David "Fuzzy" Evangelista
Tour Crew: Production Manager/Stage Design
Various Years of Service
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David Friedman
1986–1990
Engineer
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David Knight Reinke
Monitors
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David Rankin
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David Schad
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David Scheirman
1990–91
FOH mixer, System Engineer
Linda Ronstadt, Rock In Rio II, Electric Light Orchestra Part II.
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David Moncrieffe II
1989-2000+
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Dave Pinney
1977-1978
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Dirk Arnold
"Years Active: 1978 Lighting
Role(s): Lighting
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George Benson, Dave Mason – He joined the tour in Pittsburg, PA in '78 to replace someone who got sick. Last show of tour in '78 in South Bend, IN. Alice Cooper - '78, AC/DC opening act Willie Nelson. Bob Welch opening act David Bowie - 1979 - Linda Ronstadt – The BeeGees –The Jacksons. 1980 - Weather Report - Willie Nelson - Genesis - Commodores – Mary Kay - The Kinks - Blondie and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers opening act Black Sabbath - Van Halen opening act - Richard Pryor. 1981 Dirk went to Showlites.
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Douglas Hall
Tour Crew (Showco); Vari-Lite
1978-1979 and 1988-1998
Monitor Engineer, Systems Engineer, Tech (Audio), Tech (Lighting)
Willie Nelson (Willie & Leon One For The Road Tour, 1979); Carole King (1989); Eric Clapton (Journeyman Tour 1990, 1992); Paul McCartney (UK Tour 1990); Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (Ghost Of A Tour); Steve Winwood (Refugees of the Heart Tour 1991); Joe Cocker (US Summer Tour 1991); Reba McEntire (Rumor Has It Tour 1991); Extreme (Stop The World Tour 1992); Clint Black / Wynonna Judd (1993); Vince Gill (1993); Prince & The New Power Generation (USA/Canada); Phil Collins (Both Sides Of The World Tour 1993–94); Clint Black (Summers Coming Tour 1995)1978 - 1988Monitor Engineer; Systems Engineer; Tech (Audio); Tech (Lighting)
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Dusty Hudgins
Tech (Lighting), Lighting Engineer
1978-1980
Genesis/1978/Lighting Tech
Willie Nelson/1978-1984/Budrock's Assistant
Bad Company/1979/Lighting Tech
RED Speedwagon/1979/The "Keep Bob Gordon in Check" Tech
Parliment/1980/Lighting Engineer -
Dale Polansky
1981-2000+
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David Profitt
Tour Crew (Showco) Tech (Audio), Shop/Bench
1999-2006
Ozzfest '02, '03, '05; ZZ Top '04; Korn '06 (Numerous one-off events (too many to count)
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David Schiff
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David Sill
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Dawn Crosby Moore
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Deborah Butler Gans
1978-1979
Electronics
Built Superboards
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Deborah Holland
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Delton Bass
Tour Crew (Showco)
1974-1985
Lighting designer
Credits include major tours and film/documentary work (see end credits for The Last Waltz). Wishbone Ash; Bad Company; Bee Gees (World Tour); Michael Jackson (Victory Tour); The Last Waltz (farewell show at Winterland Ballroom; end credits); Sweet Virginia
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Dena Schober Roden
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Dennis W. McDonald
Tour Crew (Showco)
1979-2000
Started June 1979 in Accounting (Job Computer/Data Processing). Transferred to Dept. 50 SHOWCO Creative Services (Industrial Shows) and worked there until fall 2000 as Business Manager. Drafted/prepared contracts for clients including Mary Kay Inc., NARM, VSDA, BeautiControl, Kawasaki, Bankers Association, Disney, Universal Studios, and WEA/Warner. Occasionally collected final payments at entertainment gigs; handled department data entry, financial statements, and bill pay.
Accounting; Business Manager (SHOWCO Creative Services)
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Derek 'Wilko' Wilkinson
Tour Crew (Showco)
1975-1980
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Diana Smith (Vrba) O'Meara
Office (Showco)
1979
Bad Company, Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, No Nukes, BeeGees, Kinks. Tour books and Itineraries
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Diane Conrad
1971-1972
Part-time; soldering, building cables, drove “Myrtle” truck, FOH engineer with Chuck Conrad.
Broke barriers for women in touring PA; later started Crossroads Audio.
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Donna Holmes
Carpenter
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Donnie (DK) Kretzschmar
Tour Crew (Showco)/Senior Engineer
1974-1986
My father's first "gig" with SHOWCO was The Lee Pickens Group (managed by JNC Management / Jack N. Calmes). He saw them often at Ruby's in Denton, TX, where he also saw Freddie King (one of SHOWCO's first acts). He continued with SHOWCO until his passing in 1986.
ALL ACCESS Backstage Pass: Alumni Only
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